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Pope offers “wings to your hope” to displaced children in South Sudan

People wait before Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with priests, deacons, consecrated persons and seminarians at the Cathedral of Saint Therese during his apostolic journey, in Juba, South Sudan, February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

Juba, South Sudan Reuters Pope Francis on Saturday met South Sudanese children displaced by conflict and heard of the hardships of their lives in camps, telling them they would build a better future for the world’s newest country by replacing ethnic hatred with forgiveness. People wait before Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with priests, […]

Marj Carpenter, reporter who became US Presbyterian head, dies

Marj Carpenter

Dallas, USAP Marj Carpenter, who pushed international missionary work while briefly leading the US’ largest Presbyterian denomination in the mid-1990s following a journalism career in West Texas that included covering millionaire swindler Billie Sol Estes, has died. She was 93.  Carpenter, who once described herself as “sinfully proud” of being Presbyterian and traveled to more than 120 […]